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on X. Namely, the structure constants of the quantum cohomology algebras can be ex-
pressed as third derivatives of a generating power series FX
0(t), with t= (t1, . . . , tn)and
n= dimCH•(X, C), of genus 0 Gromov–Witten invariants of X. Under the assumption of
convergence of FX
0(t)in some domain M⊆H•(X, C)∼
=Cn, the points t∈Mcan be used to
label the quantum algebra structures on H•(X, C), the corresponding product being denoted
by ◦t. This equips the quantum cohomology QH•(X)with an analytic Dubrovin–Frobenius
structure, with Mbeing the underlying complex manifold [Dub96,Man99,Her02,Sab08].
Points t∈Mare parameters of isomonodromic deformations of the quantum differential
equation (for short, qDE) of X. This is a system of linear differential equations of the form
d
dz ς(z, t) = U(t) + 1
zµ(t)ς(z, t),(1.1)
where ςis a z-dependent holomorphic vector field1on M, and U,µare two endomorphisms of
the holomorphic tangent bundle of M. The first operator Uis the operator of ◦-multiplication
by the Euler vector field, a distinguished vector field on M, obtained as perturbation of the
constant vector field given by the first Chern class c1(X). The second operator µ, called
grading operator, keeps track of the non-vanishing degrees of H•(X, C).
The qDE is a rich object associated with X. In the first instance, the Gromov–Witten
theory of Xcan be reconstructed from the datum of the qDE (1.1) only. For details on
a Riemann–Hilbert–Birkhoff approach to reconstruct the generating function FX
0(t), and
consequently the Dubrovin–Frobenius structure of QH•(X), see [Dub96,Dub99,Cot21a,
Cot21b]. In the second instance, the qDE of Xencodes not only information about the
enumerative (or symplectic) geometry of X, but also (conjecturally) about its topology and
complex geometry. In order to disclose such a great amount of information is via the study
of the asymptotics and the monodromy of its solutions, see [Dub98,GGI16,CDG18,Cot20].
The purpose of this paper is to construct new analytic tools, namely some integral repre-
sentations of the solutions of qDE, which will be particularly convenient to the study of
asymptotics, Stokes phenomena, and other analytical aspects. This will represent a contin-
uation of the research direction started in [Cot22].
1.2. The projectivization of vector bundles is one of the most natural constructions of smooth
projective varieties. Projective bundles have consequently been among the first varieties
whose quantum cohomology algebras have been studied. See [QR98,CMR00,AM00].
The role played by the Gromov–Witten theory of projective bundles has recently been
revealed as central not only in the context of open deep conjectures (such as the crepant
transformation conjecture for ordinary flops [LLW16a,LLW16b,LLQW16]) but even for
delicate foundational aspects of Gromov–Witten theory, such as its functoriality [LLW15].
The classical Leray–Hirsch theorem prescribes how to reconstruct the classical cohomology
algebra H•(P, C)of a projective bundle P=P(V)→Xon a variety X, from the knowledge
of the algebra H•(X, C)and the Chern roots ck(V),k= 0,...,rk V. These data only, indeed,
allow to write down an explicit presentation of H•(P, C). Several “quantum counterparts” of
this theorem have been proved over the years. Many of the main results proved in [MP06,
1Notice that tangent spaces of Mcan canonically be identified with H•(X, C).